Quotes of: Being-ignored Keyword

Colleen had this idea -- a faded, crumpled, smudged idea -- that being nice counted for something.

Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree

What an incredible thing! How much less they had than other human beings. Mentally retarded, deaf, mute - and still eagerly sanding benches.

Flowers for Algernon

Who are we to make such a decision? To allow another living being - any living being - to die, when ours is the power to prevent it? - Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic)

The Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus

Being defiant is a two-year-old who doesn't want to go to bed when he's tired. Being is standing one's ground even in the face of opposition. It's a man's virtue, not a toddler's vice.

Finding Himself

At least with pets, and for all I know, people too, intelligence and quick-wittedness have nothing to do with a talent for being loved, or being kind, nothing at all, less than nothing.

The Feast of Love

A moment later, the world's first all-purpose human being strode eastward, whistling. 'A tasty world,' it reflected cheerfully. 'A very tasty world.' 'You said it, Cornelius!

The Final Programme

At the end of the day it's about how much you can bear, how much you can endure. Being together, we harm nobody; being apart, we extinguish ourselves.

Forbidden

Guilty she might be. But what human being was not? There were things in her past she needn't be ashamed of, things to be proud of; she wouldn't surrender so meekly to a condemning judgment.

The Furies

Stop worrying about being that perfect person because no one is perfect. Put your focus on being that right person that will love, understand, and care for that other.

Friends 2 Lovers: The Unthinkable

Sleeping with another girl does not always mean you are a lesbian, sometimes it just means the central heating needs fixing

Fangs Rule: A Girls Guide to Being a Vampire

Amy! Sit correctly, you are wearing a dress...feet on the floor and your knees together girl...You are trying to catch a husband, not flies !

Fangs Rule: A Girls Guide to Being a Vampire

You will be flogged for being right and flogged for being wrong, and it hurts both ways--but it doesn't hurt as much when you're right.

Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's

There are things in this world that no human being should be able to endure. We should die of heartbreak, but we do not. Instead, we are forced to survive, to bear witness.

The Good Father

Human beings used to be molecules which could do many, many different sorts of dances, or decline to dance at all --as they pleased. My mother could do the waltz, the tango, the rumba....

Galápagos

In a dazzling vote of confidence for form over substance, our culture fawns over the fleetingness of being “in love” while discounting the importance of loving. (206)

A General Theory of Love

I never imagined being undead would be so much work,” Jeff lamented. “Being a ‘vampire’ takes no work at all,” Timothy emphasized vampire. “It’s surviving that takes all the work.

God's Madmen

When you make a choice, acknowledge all the consequences. That way you won’t be left feeling compromised.

The Happiness Code: Ten keys to being the best you can be

Don’t be attached to outcomes. Enjoy your experiences for what they are, what you have gained and what you have learned.

The Happiness Code: Ten keys to being the best you can be

No matter how much you care about someone, you can’t take responsibility for their happiness.

The Happiness Code: Ten keys to being the best you can be

Very few changes in life are achieved without effort and a commitment to making that effort.

The Happiness Code: Ten keys to being the best you can be

Be honest with yourself. You can’t be the best you can be unless you know who you really are.

The Happiness Code: Ten keys to being the best you can be